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Episode 4: The influence of philosophy on poetry, and more with Helen Tookey
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On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Gregory chats to Helen Tookey about stanza construction, Wittgenstein and what it is like to teach poetry.
Helen is a poet based in Liverpool who has published three collections with Carcanet, most recently In the Quaker Hotel. She has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Prize for Best First Collection and the Forward Prize.
Helen is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University where, amongst other achievements she tutored Gregory during his undergraduate degree.
You can buy Helen’s book here: www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781800171824
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